Posted June 29, 200520 yr comment_2700570 Very often when anyone complains about light workloads of the modern pitcher, someone will invariably bring up that Wilbur Wood started BOTH games of a doubleheader, back when men were men! That sounds impressive. What you never hear are the results. On July 20, 1973, Wood did start both ends of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees. In game one, Horace Clark reached on a dropped third strike and stole second. Matty Alou walked. Roy White doubled, scoring Clark and Alou. Bobby Murcer singled, scoring White. Thurman Munson doubled, sending Murcer to third. Nettles singled, scoring Murcer and Munson. That's IT. Wood was pulled from the game. Nettles later scored, bringing Wood's game line to 0 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K. For game two, the White Sox manager and Wood figured that since Wood had barely pitched in game one, he could pitch again. Wood pitched much better, going 4.1 IP, giving up 7 runs (5 earned) on five hits. Wood earned the loss both games. So here are Wood's statistics on the day... 4.1 IP, 9 H, 13 R, 10 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 L Thanks to a pitch count estimator, we can estimate that Wood threw somewhere around 94 pitches that day. Remember the days when modern starters would throw 100-105 pitches in a single game?
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